List of Reports
Ag burning off of Bear Mnt Blvd
Monday, January 27, 2025, 11:21 AM
Description:
There is burning on the south side of this road. I took pictures ...
Foaming water smells foul
Friday, January 24, 2025, 01:57 AM
Description:
There is water coming out near the baseball field off of cottonwood on Panama Road. The water is foamy and has a very foul smell. There is a very thick white liquid coming out if a pipe that is a several feet from the ground. It smells like poop and chemicals. ...
Heavy smoke from a truck yard
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 08:54 AM
Description:
There is heavy smoke coming from a truck yard. The smoke is at ground level and and you can taste it. There is also a cloud that spread out in all directions. It looks like black when I look at it from the south with the sun to my back. The smoke I saw was thick white smoke. ...
Noisy oil api 402904218
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 03:47 AM
Description:
Oil well periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house. ...
Noisy oil api 402904218
Sunday, January 19, 2025, 03:42 AM
Description:
Oil well API periodically has a deep rumble that shakes the house. ...
Refinery is Dark
Monday, January 13, 2025, 06:32 AM
Description:
The refinery has gone dark. I saw it when I woke up that none of the lights are on, I'm worried that the equipment protecting us is also turned off. Is everything okay at the refinery? ...
Multiple AG fires
Monday, December 16, 2024, 02:00 AM
Description:
I was driving north on the 99 and saw a lot of burning happening east of the 99 just south of Laredo. ...
Large flames from Alon Refinery
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 09:32 AM
Description:
There are currently two flares on at the Alon Refinery that have huge flames coming out. This doesn’t look like the usual flaring. ...
Quemando basura y llantas
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 06:49 AM
Description:
Dos casas en la area de Hill-top siguen quemando basura que creo yo contiene plastico y llantas. El olor y el humo son muy fuertes que provocan disfilcutades para respirar. Ususalmente esta sucediendo en la noche hasta en las madrugadas. Por favor investiguen porque asi no se pueded vivir con la ...
White smoke going from garlic company
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 06:53 AM
Description:
I was driving south on the 99 and noticed a white cloud with an opacity of around 25 to 30% coming from the north side of the garlic company facility. The cloud was staying low to the ground and traveling Northwest. The cloud was not dispersing or acting like vapor. It was a rolling cloud. This happ ...
Olores fuertes de llanta quemada
Monday, November 11, 2024, 09:22 AM
Description:
Hay un olor fuerte que huele a llantas quemadas. El olor ha estado desde la mañana y está tan fuerte el olor que me está empezando a doler la cabeza. El viento viene desde la refinería a mi casa. Creo que los olores fuertes vienen de la refinería. ...
Wearhouse fire
Saturday, November 9, 2024, 01:24 AM
Description:
BPD came buy the house and told us that the huge wearhouse fire could burn all day and to stay inside. The huge smoke close is hovering close to my house.. Is the smoke dangerous? Will someone let us know why it it dangerous to stay outside? ...
Highly toxic flammable gas leak in Taft
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 09:26 AM
Description:
An order to stay inside for Taft residents has been given this morning due to a highly toxic flammable gas leak. Re[ort from Kern County Fire Department below: "A hazardous materials incident on South Lake Rd has prompted a SHELTER IN PLACE for the following zone: KRN-271-D. If you are within th ...
Highly toxic and flammable gas leak
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 04:30 AM
Description:
Someone told me to stay in my house and it wasn’t safe to go outside. I am a caretaker for a special needs person and felt unsafe in my home due to my swamp cooler. I need to know if I should evacuate. ...
chemical-like smell
Friday, October 25, 2024, 05:57 AM
Description:
There is a very irritable smell that is in the air. It has been going on for a few weeks now. The smell gets worse in the evenings from 5:30pm on. ...
chemical-like smell
Friday, October 25, 2024, 05:54 AM
Description:
There is a very irratable smell that is in the air. It has been going on for a few weeks now. The smell gets worse in the evenings from 5:30 on. ...
Olores fuertes de refinería
Monday, October 14, 2024, 09:19 AM
Description:
muy buenos días sólo quería comentarte qué ahorita ay un olor fuerte! a gas de la refinería creo la no tienen control! Cada rato pasa eso ...
Loud hissing and smells coming from refinery
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 10:00 AM
Description:
There is a very loud hissing sound coming from the Refinery. It sounds like gas or air being released at a very high pressure, I can hear the hissing inside my home. There is a foul odor as well and it's 10pm ...
Sulfur smells every morning
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:38 AM
Description:
I live near the refinery on Panama Lane. Almost every single morning in between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. there is a pretty strong sulfur smell. The last 2 days the smell has been very strong and I have been heaving headaches. ...
Olores fuertes en las mañanas
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:30 AM
Description:
En las mañanas hay olores muy fuertes. El olor es más fuerte en las mañanas entre las 2 de la mañana y las 9. Últimamente no salgo porque me siento mal estar afuera ...
H2S spikes at refinery
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 09:59 AM
Description:
The Kern energy monitor spiked twice this morning. This is the 4th leak spike in 2 days from the facility. Any updates for on the cause of the spikes in H2S ...
Nos salimos de la casa por olores fuertes
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 09:46 AM
Description:
My husband went outside to play with our son in the yard this morning and there was a very strong smell of propane gas in the air. He got a headache and he felt that his nose was getting dry. We decided to leave for a little because my husband was not feeling well and the smell was so strong. ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 12:00 PM
Description:
Early in the morning a thick white cloud with high opacity limited visibility to a few hundred feet. There was also a horrible smell. The dust was blowing onto homes and cars including a school bus were forced to drive through the cloud. ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 02:35 AM
Description:
There was a thick cloud moving from a field into homes. I had oil specks on my windshield after driving through the cloud ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 02:35 AM
Description:
Early in the morning a thick white cloud with high opacity limited visibility to a few hundred feet. There was also a horrible smell. The dust was blowing onto homes and cars including a school bus were forced to drive through the cloud ...
Pozo ruidoso junta a mi casa (Loud Noises from Oil Well)
Thursday, September 5, 2024, 07:56 AM
Description:
I un poso cercas de mi casa. Ha estado apagado por un buen rato, pero ahora lo prendieron. Está prendido entre la noche y en la madrugada. Hace mucho ruido el pozo y se siente que la casa tiembla. English Translation: Yes, there is a well near my house. It has been off for a while, but now it ha ...
Hissing coming from refinery
Friday, August 9, 2024, 12:35 PM
Description:
12am Their is a load hissing coming from the kern ernergy plant started smelling the begining of potential of that smell ...
Hissing coming from refinery
Friday, August 9, 2024, 12:35 PM
Description:
12am Their is a load hissing coming from the kern ernergy plant started smelling the begining of potential of that smell ...
Strong smell near tomato plant
Monday, August 5, 2024, 08:50 AM
Description:
Strong foul pungent smell near tomato plant and hard to breathe. Carried by wind. ...
Sulfur like smells in the early mornings
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 07:16 AM
Description:
Almost every night around 2:00 a.m. I start to smell a sulfur like smell lingering in the air. In the mornings the smell makes its way into the house. I have all the fans on but it's not helping. The smell is very distinct and has a sulfur or rotten egg smell. It's different than the smell that come ...
Smoke from fire
Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 09:26 AM
Description:
Fuller Acres is covered in smoke right now. I passed a fire with black smoke near Hermosa and Muller road. It's so bad that Kern energy is covered in smoke also. It smells bad and it's getting into the house ...
Olor a gas proviniente de la partre Este de Hilltop
Saturday, July 13, 2024, 08:50 AM
Description:
Hay un olor de gas que esta proveniendo de de la parte Este de Hilltop y que esta causando varios molestares a varios residentes. La direccion de el viento proviene de el Norte/Este. Al principio yo estaba asumiendo que el olor originaba de la refineria localizada en Panama, pero despues de maneja ...
Olores fuertes en las mañanas
Friday, July 12, 2024, 08:15 AM
Description:
Hay olores muy fuertes en las mañanas. Toda esta semana me he despertado a olores que llegan hasta dentro de la casa. Últimamente siento que tengo problemas con la respiración. Los olores son muy feos, a veces da olor de camarón podrido. ...
Smells from refinery
Friday, July 12, 2024, 05:28 AM
Description:
There has been a strong smell coming from the refinery in the morning. The smell has been strong and entering my house. ...
Strong smells from refinery
Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 08:26 AM
Description:
I was near the corner of Panama and weedpatch and smelled strong smells from the refinery. It kind of smells like sulfur. The smells have been around from more then an hour ...
No Water for Entire Neighborhood
Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 07:55 AM
Description:
Since the early morning of Saturday, June 22nd 2024, the entire neighborhood around Shirley Lane Elementary School, including my home, has not had water access. Most of us were not advised that the water would be shut down either. It is typical of the Victor’s Water employees to not inform us of s ...
Water issues
Monday, June 24, 2024, 05:19 AM
Description:
Our neighborhood receives water through Victory Mutual Water Company. It is ran by a man named Bill White. On Friday I guess the motor/pump went out on our well. There is another pump that went out over a year ago and never repaired. This has left our neighborhood without water. Bill said it would b ...
Humo innecesario de los vendedores ambulantes.
Saturday, June 8, 2024, 11:22 AM
Description:
Humo innecesario de los vendedores ambulantes que no respetan la consideracion de los residentes. Addicionalmente, la tierra ques se levanta por los vehiclulos que llegan a comprar, se necesita precaucion cuando se maneja en las carreteras. ...
Reporte de daños a la salud
Friday, June 7, 2024, 07:01 AM
Description:
Por medio de El presente Quiero comunicarles que en nuestra area estan exparciendo un pesticida El cual esta afectando la salud a nuestras familia las cuales estan presentando sin Tomas de vomito dolor de cabeza estomago y Muchas alergias efectando nuestras respiracion y la de nuestros hijos llegand ...
Chemical smell
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:58 AM
Description:
I believe almond fields have been sprayed, the smell is very potent making our heads hurt & even vomit ...
Pesticide Smell
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:57 AM
Description:
The snell of pesticides have been lingering for a few days. Specially stronger beginning 6/5/24 in the evening to overnight. ...
Strong Oder
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:55 AM
Description:
The smell is strong and it makes me feel yucky. ...
Sick because pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:13 AM
Description:
I fell sick o get vomiting headache and dizz i weak up at 4: am and smell so bad is a pesticides what put in the almond tree right now is 8: am is smell the same we can't do either outside ...
Pesticides.
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:02 AM
Description:
They have been spraying almond trees for a number of days. Last night was bad effecting breathing and burning eyes. This morning chemical order remained inside of home. ...
Pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 05:45 AM
Description:
Olía feo causó dolor de cabeza, vomito a mi y a mi esposo ...
Large fire
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 04:50 AM
Description:
Large fire seen 30 mins out. Had been burning a minimum of an hour . North of Lost Hills ...
Pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 02:37 AM
Description:
Smell very bad chemical coming inside my house ...
Ag Burning
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 11:59 AM
Description:
I was going south on the 99 and saw a fire just north of the corpus road exit on the west side. There was a smaller fire, and a larger and darker plume of white smoke about 100 yards south also. ...
Kern oil Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 10:45 AM
Description:
Kern oil refinery flare started at 10am ...
Smoke coming from the Kern Energy Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 09:48 AM
Description:
We noticed the flare turn off and there is smoke coming from the tanks close to Panama Lane and Weedpatch HWY. The smoke could be coming from behind the tanks. This is happening right now. ...
Smoke coming from the Kern Energy Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 09:48 AM
Description:
We noticed the flare turn off and there is smoke coming from the tanks close to Panama Lane and Weedpatch HWY. The smoke could be coming from behind the tanks. This is happening right now. ...
Pesticide drift in Mexican Colony
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 08:45 AM
Description:
Pesticide drift off of Burbank and Big John Rd. ...
Smoke from 2 stacks at refinery
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 12:44 PM
Description:
There is smoke coming from Kern Energy. 1215am time started in back of tree line / other side of tank plant property. ...
Loud noises and smoke from Kern Energy Refinery
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 12:31 PM
Description:
Around 10pm there was a loud noise coming from the refinery. I noticed something happening with the flare. There is still smoke coming out right now at midnight. ...
Symptoms from oil well
Friday, April 5, 2024, 07:15 AM
Description:
The fire department said there was a leak and levels were low near my house. For two weeks I have had fatigue. A bad headache, that goes from my left ear to the back of my neck... brain fog, trouble with concentration, and on again off again nausea. ...
Leak testimony
Friday, April 5, 2024, 06:59 AM
Description:
Some guy in a hoodie came with a flyer we didn't smell anything near the apartment and we didn't have any of the symptoms firefighters came to our door they told us the gas had dissipated and we were safe sometimes it does smell on mohawk like asphalt or like rotten animals ...
Gas leak story
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 07:07 AM
Description:
I smell like gas and rotten eggs on Mohawk all the time. For the past like 5 months I have noticed it. Sometimes it smells all the way down by where valley Baptist Church is. I also have been feeling a lot of the symptoms for at least a few months. I've had weird headaches and dizziness, that ain't ...
Evacuation from Gas leak
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 06:02 AM
Description:
I have been smelling methane for the past few weeks near my daughter house, there was an evacuation for their apartments near California and truxtun ext, off of Mohawk. I want to know if there is any information on what is leaking ...
Smoke from tanks
Monday, April 1, 2024, 07:32 AM
Description:
I woke up early this morning I saw smoke coming from the tanks near the street at the refinery. It was black and coming from the tanks near the street, closer to weedpatch HWY. The smoke was coming out for more then 30 minutes ...
Rotten eggs on Panama
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 04:51 AM
Description:
I drove from HWY 184 towards Fairfax and smelled strong rotten egg smell. I saw one of the tanks near the fence with the silver hatch on top open. I had my AC on when I drove by and the smell was very strong when I was closer to weedpatch ...
Smells from Alon refinery
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10:24 AM
Description:
Strong crude smells coming from Alon. Flaring happening at the moment. ...
Refinery has black smoke
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 07:09 AM
Description:
There is black smoke coming from the refinery in the middle. It hasn't stopped for the last 20 minutes, it gets darker and lighter but it always comes out as black. ...
Smells like crude and gas
Monday, March 4, 2024, 04:51 AM
Description:
There is a SoCal gas crew fixing a leak in front of the refinery. I asked one of the workers if there was a leak and he said yes. I felt sick and nauseous for the last 3 weeks. My eyes and throat have also been irritated. I have visitors at the house, and they have mentioned smelling very strong. Ga ...
Leaking Well
Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 08:18 AM
Description:
Leaking well in the parking lot of the Kaiser Ob/Gyn office ...
Loud noises at refinery
Monday, February 19, 2024, 04:24 AM
Description:
There is a loud booms coming from the refinery. Thisnhas been going on since 2am. It also smell like crude on and off all night. ...
Humo de torres
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 07:30 AM
Description:
Hay humo saliendo de las torres en la refinería. Sale de en medio dónde están los tanques también. Siempre lo hacen en la noche. Hoy desperté a las 5:30am y había mucho humo ...
White smoke from stacks all night
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 09:17 AM
Description:
I recorded a video of thick white smoke coming from the tall stacks in the middle of the refinery. There was white smoke that was drifting and not disappearing. It started around 10 and it went on until the sun came up. ...
Leaking oil pipeline
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 05:20 AM
Description:
There was an oil leak, city does not know how long it has been leaking. Flyer sent out to us, and listed symptoms of which I have had several for over a year. It is so bad that I lost my mob because of it, and until now I did not know what it was. I have had: fatigue, headaches, memory problems, an ...
Hissing and smells coming from wells
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 03:37 AM
Description:
There was a man working on the tank farm behind golden west casino. He was next to a valve and there was white smoke and hissing coming from one of the tanks in the closer to the houses in the back side. He was there today around 3pm ...
Nighttime nuisance!
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 11:43 AM
Description:
The overnight floor lights on the equipment working on the oil leak are flooding our house! It's keeping people awake! Please face the lights a different direction! ...
Olores de crematorio
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 09:17 AM
Description:
Vivo in McFarland cercas del crematorio en la noche y la madrugada huele mucho a quemado y sale el olor del crematorio. Por favor hagan algo para parar el olor. (I live in McFarland near the crematorium at night and in the early morning it smells very burnt and the smell of the crematorium comes out ...
Giant flood lights
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 10:04 AM
Description:
I know there's a lot going on right now at Panama & Buena Vista, but the giant overnight flood lights are a GIANT and shining directly into our bedroom windows overnight even though there's no work being done overnight. If these could be shifted so that they're not causing a big nuisance directly in ...
Oil clean up
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 02:13 AM
Description:
The pipeline leak cleanup is happening near my house. There were strong smells on Saturday later at night. Sometimes when you drive past the site there is a slight smell of crude, and driving past the cleanup trucks smells like crude also. Clean up crews are blocking the gutters on the sidewalk, I'm ...
Smells from oil spill
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 02:09 AM
Description:
My family and I smelled some crude on Saturday night. We live close to the oil spill that is happening and The smell of crude still sometimes reaches our house intermittently. ...
Emissions from old well
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 12:40 PM
Description:
Filmed a possible leak coming from a hole near the base of a idle well. Flir footage shows what looks like a minor gas leak coming from a hole in the casing (circled in blue in provided picture) ...
Huge fire with smoke
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 06:09 AM
Description:
There is a huge flame at the refinery right now. It has puffs of black smoke coming from the stack. I have a sick person at home and I'm worried because this has been burning all day. ...
Llama y olores de la refeneria
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 01:12 AM
Description:
Hay una llama grande que se prende y apaga. En las últimas semanas has habido olores fuertes y en las mañanas sale mucho humo de la torcha ...
Smells from flaring
Friday, December 1, 2023, 05:10 AM
Description:
Por la última semana ha estado saliendo olores muy fuertes de petróleo y huevo podrido del fuego en la refinería. Mejor me quedo adentro porque los olores llegan muy fuerte . También ha habido humo negro que sale de la refinería temprano en las mañanas. Entre las 7 a 11 de la mañana es cuando ...
Leaking oil well
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:33 AM
Description:
My grandmother was having symptoms such as severe headache and nausea. She was outside during the day and started to experience these symptoms in the evening. ...
Leaking oil well
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:33 AM
Description:
My grandmother was having symptoms such as severe headache and nausea. She was outside during the day and started to experience these symptoms in the evening. ...
Heavy black smoke train yard
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 03:57 AM
Description:
Heavy black smoke burning in a train yard between Truxtun Ave and California Ave near Bakersfield High School ...
1,2,3-TCP in McFarland Water
Monday, August 28, 2023, 11:19 AM
Description:
A report from the City of McFarland stated that the average level for the contaminate 1,2,3-TCP in the City's drinking water over 3 months (January, February, and March of 2023) was 0.037 ug/L. This is 52 times higher than the Public Health Goal of 0.0007 ug/L and 7 times higher than the drinking wa ...
BM29-30 Illegal dumping
Monday, August 21, 2023, 02:29 PM
Description:
Oil barrels and other various debris were discovered in an irrigation canal within Sandridge property. ...
Abandon Sail boat (Ridgecrest)
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 08:17 PM
Description:
Abandon Boat on S China lake and Brady st. Brady trail head. Boat is dumped where people park there car to head to the trail. ...
Abandon sail boat
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 08:02 PM
Description:
Abandon sail boat on 2137 south China lake and Brady St. The boat is abandon on Brady trail. ...
Illegal field dumping
Sunday, May 28, 2023, 08:18 PM
Description:
Illegal dumping in desert fuels Bed frame, tree branches, plastic,carpet,tires. Please help. ...
Illegal field dumping
Sunday, May 28, 2023, 08:07 PM
Description:
Illegal dumping in desert fuels Bed frame, tree branches, plastic,carpet,tires. Please help. ...
Flooded soccer field
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 08:03 PM
Description:
Soccer field is flooded at Pioneer Park on east side Bakersfield ...
Memory Problems resulting from pollution
Friday, July 1, 2022, 02:21 PM
Description:
Everyone in our home has headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, memory problems. I am worried that we have some methane gas leaks like I heard about from the east side.P ...
Methane gas leak
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 04:24 PM
Description:
Methane gas leak behind our home. Everyone in our home has headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, memory problems ...
Abandoned water well
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 03:41 PM
Description:
This is a 3 party water well that has not been used in over 20 years. County had sent me a letter to destroy well in 2021. I advised County it was not located on my property and the property owner had blocked all access to well illegally. The individual from the county (David Faller) then informed m ...